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Buddhist Art in India
CHAPTER 6
SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA
http://www.wadsworth.com
INDUS RIVER VALLEY
GANGES RIVER VALLEY
Priest-king, Mohenjo-daro (& Harappa)
faculty.cva.edu/Stout/Egyptian/Egyptian.html http://www.accd.edu/sac/vat/arthistory/arts1303/Chapter6G.htmwww.heritage.gov.pk/html_Pages/indus.html http://www.harappa.com/indus/42.html
No surviving temples/palaces
Buddhist Artin India
Lion capital, Sarnath, India
Buddhism spreads by AshokaColumns align with Axis of the UniverseChakra (Wheel of Law)
Great Stupa, SanchiReliquary (remains)
Circumambulation (clockwise) Yasti & Chatras (unite world/paradise)
Yakshi at the ToranaYakshi c.a.
200 a.d.
Chaitya Hall
plan and sectionApse houses small stupa
Ambulatory
Prince Siddhartha
Compare
1. BIRTH @ LUMBINI
2. ENLIGHTENMENTUNDER BODHI TREE
3. 1ST SERMON, SARNATH
4. PARINIRVANA
Gandhara Buddha
Meditating Buddha
MUDRA?
HaloUshnisha: bump
Urna: dot or curl of hair
Buddha seated on lion throne
Almost transparentrobes
Bodhi Tree
Mudra?Dharma Wheel
Classical (canon) Seated Buddha,
Preaching 1st Sermon, Sarnath
-Perfect bodily form-Emphasizes spirituality-MeditationMudra?* Replaces stupa as the normDeer & Wheel
Bodhisattva Padmapani, Ajanta caves
-Indian painting rare-delicate, sensuous-compassion